Summary:
Central Cass 17 serves 1,026 students across three schools: Central Cass Elementary School (PK–4), Central Cass Middle School (grades 5–8), and Central Cass High School (grades 9–12). The latest results are generally above state levels, though strengths differ by school and subject. All three schools are above the state in reading; elementary and middle are above in math and science, while the high school’s math and science ranges overlap the state results. These all-grades comparisons span different grade levels, so they are descriptive rather than like-for-like. The clearest takeaway is that area-wide strength does not mean every school has the same subject profile.
Central Cass Elementary School leads in all-grades math and reading: its results are 75–83% in math and 70–78% in reading, compared with 64% and 68% at Central Cass Middle School, and 50–58% and 60–68% at Central Cass High School. Middle school stands out in science at 75–83%, versus 45–53% at elementary and 35–43% at high school. High school has the lowest all-grades result in each subject, although its grade 10 results exceed the state by 4–12 points in math, 8–16 in reading, and 3–11 in science.
Results have shifted in different directions: math and reading rose at all three schools, while science rose at middle school and fell at elementary and high school; high-school reading also declined. SchoolDigger ranks middle school consistently near the top, moving from 3rd of 57 schools to 5th of 65, while elementary improved from 29th of 217 to 11th of 216. High school’s ranking swung from 41st of 122 to 8th of 125, then 45th of 129. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were about 13% at each school. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 12.8 at elementary to 17.4 at middle; these are observations, not explanations for score differences.
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